Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Gayatri Mantra 108 Times With Lyrics - Chanting By Brahmins - Peaceful Chant
Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ
tát savitúr váreṇyaṃ
bhárgo devásya dhīmahi
dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt
Via JMG: Pew Research: White Christians No Longer A Majority
Pew Research: White Christians No Longer A Majority
Politico reports:
White Christians now make up less than half of the U.S. population, largely receding from the majorities of most demographic groups, with one notable exception: the Republican Party. According to the latest results from Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape survey published Monday by National Journal’s Next America project, just 46 percent of American adults are white Christians, down from 55 percent in 2007.
At the same time, according to the report, the share of white Christians identifying as Republican has remained steady, even equal with the share of the party that carried President Ronald Reagan to his 1984 reelection. Nearly seven in 10 white Christians — 69 percent — identify with or lean toward the GOP, while just 31 percent do the same with Democrats.More from the National Journal:
Even as White Christians shrink in their overall numbers, they still account for nearly seven-in-10 Americans who identify with, or lean toward, the Republican Party, the Pew study found. White Christians, in fact, represent as large a share of the Republican coalition today as they did of American society overall in 1984, when Ronald Reagan won reelection. A clear majority of all White Christians across the United States now identify as Republican, Pew found.
In sharp contrast, the Pew data show, the Democratic coalition has evolved into a three-legged stool that divides almost evenly between White Christians, non-White Christians, and those from all races who identify either with a non-Christian faith or, increasingly, with no religious tradition at all. Most Americans who don’t identify with any religious faith – a rapidly growing group—now align with Democrats.
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 24/11/2015
“Você está aqui para aprender a dirigir o seu veículo, o corpo. A mente
é parte do corpo. Se o veículo anda sem condutor, inevitavelmente
encontra um poste ou um abismo. Se a mente não tem condutor, ela é
conduzida por impulsos inconscientes.Conduzir o veículo significa
escolher quando e para onde você vai.Essa é uma metáfora para o estado
de equanimidade mental gerado pela presença. Isso só é possível quando
você pode ocupar o seu corpo.”
“Estás aquí para aprender a manejar tu vehículo, el cuerpo. La mente es
parte del cuerpo. Si el vehículo anda sin conductor, inevitablemente
encuentra un poste o un abismo. Si la mente no tiene conductor, es
conducida por impulsos inconscientes. Conducir el vehículo significa
elegir cuándo y para dónde vas. Esta es una metáfora para el estado de
ecuanimidad mental generado por la presencia. Esto solo es posible
cuando puedes ocupar tu cuerpo.”
“You are here to learn how to drive your vehicle, which is your body. The mind is a part of the body. If the vehicle moves without a driver, it will inevitably drive into a light post, or worse,down a cliff. If the mind doesn’t have a driver, it is conducted by unconscious impulses. Driving a vehicle means deciding when and where you want to go. This is a metaphor for the state of mental equanimity generated by presence. This is only possible when you are able to occupy your body.”
“You are here to learn how to drive your vehicle, which is your body. The mind is a part of the body. If the vehicle moves without a driver, it will inevitably drive into a light post, or worse,down a cliff. If the mind doesn’t have a driver, it is conducted by unconscious impulses. Driving a vehicle means deciding when and where you want to go. This is a metaphor for the state of mental equanimity generated by presence. This is only possible when you are able to occupy your body.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Two Aspects of the Path
Two Aspects of the Path
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